Asheville City Council
June 23, 2020
Regular meeting
Budget and taxesWaterOther City businessStreets and transit
What it did
- Approves an interlocal agreement with Buncombe County for installation and maintenance of needle disposal units and kiosks.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Lets the City Manager execute the installment loan contract with JPMorgan Chase for Fiscal Year 2020 Capital Improvement Program vehicles and equipment.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Approves interim budget appropriations from July 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Amends the FY 2020-21 Budget Calendar to (A) Reschedule the August 25, 2020, FY 2020-21 Annual Budget Ordinance Public Hearing to July 28…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Votes recorded
- 10
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 7
- Votes that split
- 0
Why it matters
Regular meetings are where Council votes on laws, the budget, contracts and zoning. Routine items pass together in one vote, called the consent agenda.
The recording
Everything on the agenda
From the minutes, in the order the City lists them. Each item's first lines are the minutes' own words.
CONSENT AGENDA
7 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report
“City Manager Campbell provided Council with the presentation overview as follows: She provided an update on our work to reopen for business in the midst of public health pandemic; and clarified the 30/60/90 day work plan presented by both Chief Zack and herself related to Police Reform initiatives…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearing to amend the U.S. dept. of housing & Urban Development 5-year consolidated action plan
“Councilwoman Smith moved to continue this public hearing to consider a resolution to amend the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development 5-Year Consolidated Action Plan until August 25, 2020.”
Public Hearing relative to amending the Unified Development Ordinance to update open space requirements
“Councilman Young moved to continue this public hearing to consider an ordinance to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to update open space requirements until July 28, 2020.”
Public Hearing to amend the 2019-20 U.S. dept. of Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan
“Community Development Programs Director Paul D’Angelo said that this is a public hearing to amend the 2019-20 Annual Action Plan to allocate funds to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Ordinance to amend a previously approved conditional zoning at 1500 Tunnel Road known as “tru hotel” to include a free-standing identification sign
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on June 9, 2020, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional 24…”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution authorizing the City manager to sign an Interlocal agreement with Buncombe County to accept the donation of outdoor needle disposal kiosks from Buncombe County and authorizing the outdoor needle disposal kiosks to be placed on…
“Staff Report: “This is a request to authorize the Interlocal agreement with Buncombe County for installation and maintenance of needle disposal units and kiosks.”
Motion to amend the Fiscal Year (fy) 2020-21 Budget Calendar to (1) reschedule the August 25, 2020, fy 2020-21 annual operating budget Public Hearing to July 28, 2020; (2) reschedule the September 8, 2020, fy 2020-21 annual budget…
“ORDINANCE ADOPTION UNTIL JULY 28, 2020; AND (3) DELETE THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020, FY 2020-21 ANNUAL BUDGET ORDINANCE ADOPTION ORDINANCE NO. 4813 - ORDINANCE APPROVING INTERIM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FROM JULY 1, 2020, TO JULY 31, 2020 Chief Financial Officer Barbara Whitehorn said that this action is to…”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“At the request of Councilman Haynes, it was the consensus of Council to instruct City Attorney Branham to research information regarding the possibility of banning the use of tear gas by the Asheville Police Department under any circumstances and providing feedback at the July 14, 2020, meeting.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Buncombe County has received funding from the Dogwood Trust Foundation in the amount of $24,364.”
- “IN THE CITY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY Staff Report: “This is a request to authorize the Interlocal agreement with Buncombe County for installation and maintenance of needle disposal units and kiosks.”
- “In both 2018 and 2019, about 80 individuals who were temporary or permanent residents of Buncombe County died from an opioid overdose.”
- “Buncombe County is receiving multiple complaints by residents and businesses about used needles left in county buildings and on county and city property.”
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Proposed Annual Operating Budget was presented to City Council on May 26, 2020.”
- “Following presentation of the FY 2020-21 Proposed Budget, the City decided that adopting an interim budget would allow time to plan a public engagement process around reallocating resources to address equity, social disparity, and policing concerns voiced by the community.”
Approves interim budget appropriations from July 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Routine items, passed together
The consent agenda: items Council approves in one vote, without separate discussion. A member can ask to pull an item out for its own vote.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing execution of an installment financing contract for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) vehicles and equipment in an amount not to exceed $4,750,000.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The amendment will have no impact on the City’s unassigned (available) fund balance.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The remaining amount of $233,866 will come from 6-23-20 Page 8 Infrastructure Reserve funding that was set aside in General Fund Assigned Fund Balance in fiscal year 2016.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The total not-to-exceed contract amount of $180,000 will be encumbered upon City Council approval, even though the MRP will only be allowed to request a not-to-exceed amount of $60,000.00 per fiscal year for the next three years.”
- “The full amount needed for the three year agreement is currently allocated within the Water Resources Operating Fund for Fiscal Year 2020-21.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Martin Edwards and Associates in the amount not to exceed $140,000 for a period of one year, with the option of four, one year renewals to provide City security guard services for no more than five consecutive years.”
- “Proposed cost has a 40% weighting.”
- “Costs for the first year of these services are included in the FY 2020-21 Proposed General Fund Budget in the City Hall Operations Division of the Capital Projects Department.”
Discontinue charging water Capital Improvement Fee for Water Resources Customers.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
The plain-language lines are written by fixed rules from each item's official title, which is on each decision's page. Every vote the minutes record is listed; procedural motions, like approving the minutes or adjourning, are left out.